Allison C. Roman, better known as Alli, is a Black Latina educator, storyteller, and social justice advocate. She attended UC Berkeley as a first-generation college student and graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s in social welfare. In 2012, she graduated with her Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan. Alli has presented on topics such as scholar activism, storytelling, the hidden stories of women of color, social justice, Afro-Latina identity, and intersectionality. Because of her passion, Alli founded Dear Sis, a digital community that collects and shares letters of radical self-love for women of color by women of color. 

Alli previously served as the inaugural Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Trinity University and during her time founded the Women of Color Directors Network for women of color DEI leaders in higher education and has published chapters about women of color diversity leadership, storytellings, and gender justice work in higher education. 

Alli is an active member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., a historically Black sorority and serves as her chapter’s historian. Currently, Alli serves as the Director for Student Support Services at the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, MI.